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The Portuguese government raises huge revenues from new cars through the much-maligned IA tax, says PricewaterhouseCoopers Portugal, but how is the country's fleet market taxed? By tax manager Mario Bras and John Duggan, TLS partner, and Cristina Reis, a tax manager in IAS department (International Assignment Services)

Madrid-based Pilar Salinas, senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Spain, analyses the tax situation faced by Spanish fleets

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Sweden tax manager Håkan Larsson analyses Swedish motoring tax

THE UK company car market is one of the most mature in Europe, and consequently has one of the most developed tax systems.<br> Here, it is explained by PricewaterhouseCoopers experts Teresa Ahern, director VAT, leasing and automotive services and Gary Hull, director of Human Resource Services.

The Fleet News conference giving you the information you need to maximise the power of the internet.

SECURICOR Group is investing £19 million in a three-year renewal programme for its fleet covering 1,770 vehicles.

VOLKSWAGEN is preparing to have a brush with the law, by trialing a liveried police car with a number of forces around the country.

A BRITISH technology company is on the verge of launching a new software package which will enable fleets to run a pool of rental cars from the office, using a mobile phone to access the vehicles.

THE Fiat Panda has been named Car of the Year by an international jury of 58 senior motoring journalists representing 22 European countries.

ING Car Lease has topped a new customer satisfaction survey because of its proactive approach to solving customers problems.

CONTRACTED third-party breakdown firm Mondial has launched its own recovery truck network.

DAIHATSU has launched it new Extol compact van is set for £6,995 (ex-VAT, RFL and first registration fee).

TELEMATICS firm Minorplanet Systems has topped a poll of the fastest-growing companies, after a 620% increase in turnover in less than two years.

EMPLOYEES including company car drivers are putting companies' profits at risk with the growing use of handheld computers that can hold masses of critical data with little security protection.

FLEET NewsNet sister title Motorcycle News has revealed the winners of its 2003 awards during a ceremony held at the International Motorcycle and Scooter Show at the NEC in Birmingham.

A UK lawnmower importer has fitted ICS Black Box recorders, similar to those found on aeroplanes, to eight vehicles on its fleet.

UK businesses have the chance to prove how well managed they are in a new business award.

WITH one week to go before a ban on the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving comes into force, fleets have shown they are fully prepared for the changes.

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A SURVEY published recently claimed van drivers were increasingly being given a say in which type of vehicle they are given.

FRENCH fleets face soaring costs after the introduction of the first automated speed traps as part of President Jacques Chirac's campaign to curb the country's lethal driving habits.

LATEST figures suggest that the new cars sales market in Europe is stabilising, despite research earlier in the month from Jato revealing a 5% slide (Fleet News Europe, November 6).

THE Czech Republic unsurprisingly remains Skoda's biggest market this year, followed by Germany and then the UK.

A HIGH proportion of 'bread-and-butter' fleet cars such as Fords and Vauxhalls are going through auction and are achieveing better-than-expected results.

BCA has launched a new online service to help buyers search for commercial vehicles anywhere in its network.

THE Audi TT has enjoyed a remarkable run of fortune. Launched in the UK in Coupe form early 1999, the Roadster was introduced in December of that year.

LEADING figures from the fleet industry are holding ground-breaking face-to-face talks with senior ministers in the Treasury today in a bid to secure vital support in future policy decisions.